GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| prong | fork |
| concordat | compact |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |